Teaching has always been one of my favourite ways of sharing my art so, starting this month, I will be offering free art and craft tutorials on my blog.
In no certain order, here are some of the planned projects. Topics will be divided into separate tutorials for each technique, where applicable.
Natural
Dyes from Your Yard and Garden
Creating dyes and applying them to cloth
and paper.
Working with Concrete
Stepping stones, bird baths, benches and planters. Making your mixes from scratch and producing beautiful art for your yard and garden.
Making Handmade Paper from Plants and Recycled Paper
From choosing and processing your plant materials to methods for forming and drying your handmade papers.
Creating with Your Handmade Papers
Make beautiful and functional pieces from your selection of handmade papers.
Textile and Paper Art
Most of these techniques can be applied to textiles or paper. Low water immersion dyeing, batik and other resist methods, devore', marbling, silk screen, block printing, nature printing.
Basic Soapmaking
Make your own natural vegetable oil based cold process soap.
Beautiful Body Butter and Lip Balms
Use the basic formulas as the starting point for your own unique blends that address your own skin care concerns and preferences.
Pressing Flowers in a Microwave
'Follow' my blog for updates and schedules. And spread the word! Everyone is welcome.
